Handel’s Water Music
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Handel’s Water Music is a celebrated collection of orchestral suites by George Frideric Handel, composed for a royal barge performance on the River Thames in 1717 and now widely performed as a staple of Baroque repertoire.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HWV 349 | 1 |
| HWV 350 | 1 |
| HWV 351 | 1 |
| Handel’s Water Music canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5934617 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Handel’s Water Music Context triple: [Water Music, hasAlternativeTitle, Handel’s Water Music]
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A.
Handel Messiah
Handel's Messiah is a renowned 18th-century English-language oratorio by George Frideric Handel, celebrated for its choral writing and especially the "Hallelujah" chorus, and frequently performed during the Christmas and Easter seasons.
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B.
Handel Festival Halle
The Handel Festival Halle is an annual music festival in Halle (Saale), Germany, dedicated to celebrating the life and works of composer George Frideric Handel through concerts, operas, and related events.
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C.
Haydn The Seasons
Haydn *The Seasons* is a large-scale oratorio by Joseph Haydn that vividly depicts the progression of the four seasons through choral, solo, and orchestral writing.
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D.
Handel’s coronation anthems
Handel’s coronation anthems are a set of grand ceremonial choral works composed by George Frideric Handel for the coronation of British monarchs, renowned for their majestic style and enduring use at royal occasions.
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E.
Brandenburg Concertos
The Brandenburg Concertos are a celebrated collection of six Baroque instrumental works by Johann Sebastian Bach, renowned for their rich orchestration and inventive musical forms.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Handel’s Water Music Target entity description: Handel’s Water Music is a celebrated collection of orchestral suites by George Frideric Handel, composed for a royal barge performance on the River Thames in 1717 and now widely performed as a staple of Baroque repertoire.
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A.
Handel Messiah
Handel's Messiah is a renowned 18th-century English-language oratorio by George Frideric Handel, celebrated for its choral writing and especially the "Hallelujah" chorus, and frequently performed during the Christmas and Easter seasons.
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B.
Handel Festival Halle
The Handel Festival Halle is an annual music festival in Halle (Saale), Germany, dedicated to celebrating the life and works of composer George Frideric Handel through concerts, operas, and related events.
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C.
Haydn The Seasons
Haydn *The Seasons* is a large-scale oratorio by Joseph Haydn that vividly depicts the progression of the four seasons through choral, solo, and orchestral writing.
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D.
Handel’s coronation anthems
Handel’s coronation anthems are a set of grand ceremonial choral works composed by George Frideric Handel for the coronation of British monarchs, renowned for their majestic style and enduring use at royal occasions.
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E.
Brandenburg Concertos
The Brandenburg Concertos are a celebrated collection of six Baroque instrumental works by Johann Sebastian Bach, renowned for their rich orchestration and inventive musical forms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque composition
ⓘ
orchestral suite collection ⓘ programmatic music ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Wassermusik
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Water Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionDate | 1717 ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | HWV 348–350 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityOfFirstPerformance | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | George I of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | George Frideric Handel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerNationality | German-British ⓘ |
| consistsOf |
Suite in D major HWV 349
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Suite in F major HWV 348 NERFINISHED ⓘ Suite in G major HWV 350 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsMovementType |
air
ⓘ
alla hornpipe ⓘ bourrée ⓘ hornpipe ⓘ minuet ⓘ overture ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| dateOfFirstPerformance | 1717-07-17 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | George I of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | early 18th century ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePatron | British royal court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceSetting | outdoor ⓘ |
| genre |
orchestral music
ⓘ
suite ⓘ |
| hasFamousMovement | Alla Hornpipe from the D major suite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | written for performance on barges on the River Thames ⓘ |
| influenced | later ceremonial orchestral suites ⓘ |
| intendedEnsemble | orchestra ⓘ |
| isPartOfRepertoire | standard Baroque orchestral repertoire ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| movementCountApproximate | 22 ⓘ |
| notableInstrumentation |
bassoons
ⓘ
continuo ⓘ flutes ⓘ horns ⓘ oboes ⓘ strings ⓘ trumpets ⓘ |
| occasion | royal water party on the River Thames ⓘ |
| performancePractice |
frequently performed on period instruments
ⓘ
often performed on modern instruments ⓘ |
| period | Baroque ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPerformance | River Thames NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByComposer | Music for the Royal Fireworks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
ceremonial
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festive ⓘ |
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Subject: Handel’s Water Music Description of subject: Handel’s Water Music is a celebrated collection of orchestral suites by George Frideric Handel, composed for a royal barge performance on the River Thames in 1717 and now widely performed as a staple of Baroque repertoire.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
HWV 349
this entity surface form:
HWV 350
this entity surface form:
HWV 351